Lakeland Community College Esports Weekly Recap
April 1 – April 5
^{Games are played live on campus in room C-2047 and online at twitch.tv/lakeland_esports}

^{FIFA-Monday April 1st 6:00pm
Till Oppermann 3-1 State Fair Community College
Oppermann matched against State Fair in the first round of the FIFA East Division Super Regional. Teams compete in a best of 5 series to determine the winner.}

^{The Lakers opened the series scoring first 4 mins after the kickoff. The Lakers scored their second goal of the match after a challenge in the box lead to a penalty. Oppermann scored two goals in the second half and won the first game of the series 5-0.
Lakeland opened the scoring in game two after scoring a cross to the box in the 37th min. Oppermann scored again in the 45th minute before the half. The Lakers scored in the 70th minute after an error by State Fair's keeper leading to an open net. State Fair scored their first goal of the series in the 75th minute on a counterattack. Lakeland scored the final goal and won game two 5-1.
Oppermann scored the opening goal in game three, but State Fair would score two consecutive goals to take their first lead of the series. State Fair scored three goals in the second half to win game three 5-3.
In the fourth game State Fair had a penalty shot saved by Oppermann in the 12th minute. The Lakers scored the opening goal in the 35th minute on a counterattack. State Fair would respond by scoring their first goal in the 40th. Both teams played to a draw in the fourth game, forcing a game five.
Lakeland scored the first goal of the game in the 50th minute. State Fair responded with a goal of their own hitting long shot in the 65th. Oppermann scored a cross in the 70th minute to take a 2-1 lead. The Laker's capped off the game and the series with a final goal in the 80th minute to win game five 3-1 and winning the series 3-1.}

^{Lakeland advanced to the East Division Regional finals on Monday (4/8) at 6:00 pm and the Lakers take on Kingsborough Community College.}

^{Mario Kart 8-Thursday April 4th 6:00 pm
Round 1: Caden Gragg 0-4 Union College
Round 2: Caden Gragg 4-2 Guilford Technical College
Round 3: Caden Gragg 0-4 Iowa Western Community College
Gragg matched against Union College in the first round of the Mario Kart East Division Super Regional. Teams compete in a best of 7 series to determine the winner. The Lakers raced each map close, but the speed of Union College proved to be too much. Union College swept the Lakers in the first round 4-0. Lakeland dropped down to the losers bracket for the second-round match against Guilford Technical College.
The Lakers lost the open race against Guildford Tech, but Gragg would win three in a row to take a 3-1 series lead. Guildford would win the fifth race to extend the series, but the Lakers won race six and the series 4-2 to advance to the third round. The Lakers matched against Iowa Western in round three.
Lakeland faced regular season division rivals Iowa Western in third round of the Eastern Regionals. Iowa Western won four straight races to put the Lakers Mario Kart season to an end. The Lakers will return in the Fall to begin a new season.}